Social, casual, and mobile gaming

Social gaming (games played via social networks) and casual games (games usually played on mobile devices, such as the iPhone) are a significantly different form of gaming from more recognisable videogames, such as MMORPGs, first-person shooters and so on. As part of an ARC-funded linkage project, I have been exploring Zynga’s Farmville and Rovio’s Angry Birds as significant exemplars of social and casual gaming respectively. This project is funded and framed by the the following grant: Prof Mark Balnaves, Mr Jonathan N Noal, Prof Gary G Madden, A/Prof Philip J Moore, Dr Michele A Willson, Dr Tama B Leaver. (Curtin University) ARC Linkage Grant LP110200026. Online Money and Fantasy Games an applied ethnographic study into the new entrepreneurial communities and their underlying designs. $69,000 (2011-2013).